Maybe I'm just absurdly lucky, but Ramen, Shigong, Crit Talent Cameraman and Soba Cat seems to be enough to beat Clash of Steel pretty consistently

At this point I don't even try to do clash of steel anymore. Some growing strange are absurdly easy, and some are stupid.

That's fair, I remember one time I just wanted to get an elder fruit, and three of my five tries were clash of steel...

I'm trying to TF Nyamdam, Musashi, and Bun Bun but I keep missing a single day because of procrastination and forgetting

Good luck, honestly I've just gotten the last two elder fruits for my legends from User Rank because they suck to grind.

Don't tf mushashi unless your a completionist it's not worth it at all